Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Black Rock Forest: Tree species, diameter, and canopy class records for 4-paired plots in Black Rock Forest, NY, since 1931

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    Black Rock Forest is a not-for-profit organization with a mission of advancing scientific understanding of the natural world through research, education, and conservation programs. The organization maintains a 3,920-acre forest and a scientific field station in the Hudson Highlands, 60 miles north of New York City. It has been managed as a research forest and biological field station since the 1920s.

People

  • Isabel Ashton: Content Provider

  • Katie Terlizzi: Content Provider

Keywords

  • forest, long-term monitoring,

Organizations

  • Environmental Monitoring and Management Alliance : partner

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    Data Table

    • Title: Tree species, diameter, and canopy class records for 4-paired plots in Black Rock Forest, NY, since 1931
    • Start Date: 1931-01-01
    • Description: Black Rock Forest maintains eight long-term forest monitoring plots in Cornwall, NY. Four pairs of plots were established in 1931 to compare thinning treatments to nearby control plots. Four plots are approximately 0.25 acres and the other four are 0.1 acres. Tree species, diameter at breast height, height and canopy class have been measured on all stems greater than 1 inch in diameter since 1931. Plots were revisited every five years until the 1990s and annually from 1994 to 2023.

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    • Object Name: VMC.1792.3981

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Tryon, H.H., W.S. Schuster, K.P. Terlizzi, M. Munson, J. Brady, and J. Karnig. 2024. Tree species, diameter, and canopy class records for 4-paired plots in Black Rock Forest, NY, since 1931. ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative.

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/black-rock-forest-1985-forest-inventory/dataset/tree-species-diameter-canopy-class-records-1

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